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AFCC Will Be Attending The Together Cape Cod: 2014 Volunteer Fair & Festival

  

The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod will be one of the 50 organizations across Cape Cod that plans to attend the Together Cape Cod: 2014 Volunteer Fair & Festival held at The Cape Codder Resort & Spa in Hyannis on April 5, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm.

 

The event, which has been organized by Cape Cod Volunteers, Cape Cod Young Professionals, Cape Cod Media Group and Cape Cod Healthcare celebrated National Volunteer Month. Come and learn how you can make a different doing something you enjoy, while helping others in the process. The volunteer organizations at the fair will showcase their efforts and recruit volunteers who wish to use their talents to help others.
 
To learn more about Together Cape Cod: The Volunteer Fair & Festival, please visit: http://ccvolunteers.org/training-and-events/ or call Cape Cod Volunteers: 508-362-0242


Second Annual Positively Different Scholarship Program

 

The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod and The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod have teamed up to support local art students through the Second Annual Positively Different Arts Foundation Scholarship Program. 

 

The program will award funding to five local students for their undergraduate studies in art-related fields. Scholarships will be provided in five different artistic areas - music, dance, visual arts, theater arts and creative writing. Eligible applicants include any student who is graduating from a public school, private school or home education program, that is living on Cape Cod in the spring of 2014, and has been accepted into a degree program at an accredited college or university.

 

Applicants are due by May 15, 2014, and scholarship winners will be announced on June 1, 2014. For more information & to download the application which includes an essay, please visit: www.artsfoundation.org/scholarship-program 

 


Eleventh Annual Cape-wide Student T-shirt Art Scholarship Competition

 

The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is seeking entries for the Eleventh Annual Cape-wide Student Art Scholarship T-shirt Competition with an approaching deadline for submissions on April 25, 2014 at 5 pm.

 

The winner will have his or her original art featured on the t-shirts worn by the volunteers and sold at the premier cultural event on Cape Cod, the 29th Annual Citizens Bank Pops by the Sea concert, featuring the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra.

 

This competition is open to all 5th through 12th grade students living on Cape Cod. Winners will be determined and the entrants will be notified by May 14, 2014. For more information, and to download the Guidelines & Entry Form, please visit: www.artsfoundation.org/pops-tshirt 

 


Creative Placemaking Project: An Opportunity for Artists & Creative Designers!
 
 
The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, Coastal Community Capital, and the Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard Chambers of Commerce have announced a Creative Placemaking project & call for designs from professional artists, architects, landscape designers, graphic artists, and others who produce their work within the Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket communities.
 
The partners seek to commission, through a juried competition, artwork for two cultural districts (in Hyannis and Orleans) that will create excitement and spur interest in visiting the communities, honor their rich histories and culture, and integrate with their environment, culture, and activity. 
 
Deadline for design submissions is at midnight on June 1.
 
For more information, please contact Clare O'Connor at clare@capecodchamber.org / 508-776-6810, or come to the Creative Collaborative Conference presented by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod on March 24. Additional info, including how to access the online application, can be found at: www.whycapecod.org/creative-placemaking.
 

MCC  

 This project was funded in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council Adams Arts Program.



Forgotten Port New Exhibition at Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum
 
The Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum presents Forgotten Port: Provincetown's Whaling Heritage, running now - November 30.

In Provincetown, whale watching is one of the most sought after excursions. This new exhibition reveals how whaling has truly built this town, and how the country's outermost town evolved from hunting whales to saving whales.

The Pilgrim Monument was built to commemorate the first landing of the Pilgrims in the New World at Provincetown. Spectacular panoramic views of the town and sea can be seen from the base of the tower. If you climb the tallest granite tower in the country you can see all of Cape Cod and beyond, plus get a badge to prove it!

High Pole Hill Road, Provincetown. For more information, please visit: www.pilgrim-monument.org / or call: 508-487-1310


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Mutual Muses VII at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod
Guardian Spirits
by Carl Lopes
 
Mutual Muses VII: A Marriage of Visual Art and Poetry in all four galleries, now - April 27, with an Opening Reception on April 4, 5 - 8 pm.
 
Featuring work by 100 of the Cape's finest painters, photographers, artisans, and poets inspires by one another's creations. Come meet the artists and poets and enjoy their work and refreshments. 

307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth. Info: 508-394-7100 / www.cultural-center.org 


Barnstable Town Hall's New Artwork on Loan Display
 
The Artwork on Loan program provides a venue for local artists to display their work. Visitors who use the meeting rooms will discover an inviting and attractive environment and have an opportunity to learn about some of the Cape's local artists.
 
Works of photographer Sarah Colvin Nelson with be on display in the Selectmen's Conference Room & Town Hall Hearing Room (located on the 2nd floor) in Barnstable Town Hall, now - April 4: Sarah is hobbyist photographer who has always been intrigued with light. The ability to capture the beauty of the Cape is special - and she is always seeking out new locations and new perspectives of Cape Cod. Her collection of images that will be on display, tell the story of her overnight visit to the Halfway House at Sandy Neck Beach. You can follow her photography online at, www.skpics.wordpress.com
 
367 Main Street, Hyannis. For more info, contact Melissa Hersh: 508-862-4767 / Colleen can be reached at: colleencorson@hotmail.com

 


Brewster Ladies' Library Presents A Rebecca Burrill Art Show
 
Brewster Ladies' Library presents an Art Show featuring work by Rebecca Burrill from now - April 30 with an Opening Reception on April 5, 2 - 5 pm.
 
Come see the watercolor work by artist Rebecca Burrill. Rebecca, Ed.D is a dancer-choreographer, movement educator and self-taught watercolorist. Her watercolor style runs along a continuum from representational illustration to modern expressionistic. She conducts workshops for people of all ages concerning the arts as primarily intelligence and original mediator between people, culture, and nature.
 
1822 Main Street, Brewster. For more info, please call: 508-896-3913

 


Cape Cod Museum of Art Current Art Exhibitions

  

Through Young Eyes: K-12 Cape Cod Art Students, now - April 6, 10 am - 5 pm: The exhibition, an annual event, is a collaborative effort between the museums and the Cape Cod and Islands Art Educators Association, whose members teach art in public, private and charter schools from Falmouth to Provincetown. No other CCMA show encourages so many budding artists, attracts so many proud grandparents or sparks such amazement over the caliber of art education in Cape schools.

 

Six of One, April 10 - June 22: Every few months over the past three years, six nontraditional Cape artists have gathered in one another's studios to critique each other's work. The artists in question - Joe Diggs, Sarah Dineen, Richard Neal, Jackie Reeves, Andre van der Wende and James Wolf - have highly individual styles, but share a passion for frank dialogue concerning contemporary painting. The tie that binds the group is readily apparent in this exhibition. 

 

In Search of Lost Time: Paintings by George Nick, now - May 18 with an Opening Reception on April 10, 5:30 - 7 pm: Part of CCMA's Over the Bridge exhibitions, this exhibit gives Cape art-lovers the opportunity to view 18 works by a prominent Boston area artist who's won national recognition for his realist paintings. His fidelity to such subjects as Back Bay exteriors, vintage aircraft and automobiles, and sun-splashed interiors is coupled with a spirited handling of print and a gift for discovering refreshingly distinctive points of view.  

 

Eli Mark: Pine Sand, Ocean: Outer Cape Designs, now - May 4 with an Opening Reception on April 10, 5:30 - 7 pm: Self-taught artist Eli Marsh (1892-1976) repeatedly expressed his strong sense of design and rhythm while capturing the starkly beautiful landscape near his Wellfleet home. Pine, Sand, Ocean will give an intimate look at about 18 of his oils, watercolors and pen-and-ink washes, dating form the late 1940s through the end of his life. Related Event - Gallery Talk by Richard Bump on Eli Marsh Exhibition, April 10, 2 - 3 pm: As a family friend of the Marshes, Bump has taken on the responsibility for caring for a large portfolio of Eli Marsh's work which he discovered stored in a horse barn on the family property in Wellfleet. 

 

Abstract Expressions: Doug Johnson, now - April 20: Over the past decade, Cape Cod artist Doug Johnson has worked in a style inspired by the New York School - the post-World War II avant-garde art movement that held sway through the 1950s. He currently owns and operates the Doug Johnson Gallery in Orleans. In addition to painting Johnson has worked with clay, photography, printmaking and collage.

  

60 Hope Lane, Dennis. Info: 508-385-4477 / www.ccmoa.org


Bloom and Grow Featuring Falmouth Students' Artwork at Bank of Cape Cod 

Bank of Cape Cod's Falmouth Branch will display Bloom and Grow featuring artwork by students from Falmouth High School's Advanced Placement & Advanced Art classes from now - April 17.
 
The images evoke thoughts of Spring, depicting vibrant backyard flowers and colorful birds created with etchings and linocuts. Coordinated by art teacher Jane Baker, the exhibit benefits the scholarship setup in memory of Arlene Hanlon. She was a beloved staff member at Falmouth High School for more than 15 years, and passed suddenly last Fall. All proceeds from the sale of art will benefit the Arlene Hanlon Scholarship.

445 Main Street, Falmouth. For more info, contact Director of Marketing and Community Relations Mark Skala: mskala@bankofcapecod.com
    

Woodruff's Art Center Presents Being There
 
Woodruff's Art Center presents Being There, a contemporary photography exhibition showing from now - April 21.

 

The Cape Photo Collective is a group of eight like-minded photographers working in the Upper Cape area. Although their subject matter and styles are varied they share ideas about contemporary art photography and the process of making photos. The group as a whole seeks out subject matter that moves them both emotionally and intellectually. The group comprises of local Falmouth artists Jon Moore, Julie DeMello, Kathy Pett Ryman, Diane McDonough, Peggy Martin and Chris Inoue.

 

One North Market Street, Mashpee Commons. Info: 508-477-5767 / www.WoodruffsArtCenter.com 

 


Floral Art by Gail M. Burke at Cape Cod Five Bank
Playful Floral
by Gail M. Burke, Ph.D
 
Gail M. Burke, Ph.D will display her Floral Art at the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank in Yarmouth, now - April 30.
 
The walls of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank will be awash in color during the month of April. Gail M. Burke, Artist on The River, displays a glimpse of spring with the color of roses, tulips, cyclamen, peonies, lilies, shamrocks, and more. 
 
514 Station Avenue, Yarmouth. For more info, contact the artist herself: cgburke15@comcast.net or visit: artist-on-the-river.jimdo.com
 

Dennis Public Library Hosts Cape Cod Through Our Eyes Exhibition
 
Dennis Public Library presents AmeriCorps Cape Cod, Cape Cod Through Our Eyes exhibition for the month of April.
 
The Barnstable County AmeriCorps Cape Cod display is part of a traveling exhibit put on by members of the AmeriCorps Cape Cod. All of the work is by current AmeriCorps members or alumni.
 
5 Hall Street, Dennisport. For more info, contact Sue Henken: 508-760-6219 / shenken@clamsnet.org

 


Abstract Visions in Color & Light at Miller White Fine Arts
Pale Blue Dot by Kate Sidwell &
Starstruck by Debbie Forman
 
Miller White Fine Arts presents Abstract Visions in Color & Light, now - May 2.
 
This exhibition of paintings and prints in the abstract tradition feature work by Gigi Burboeck, Deborah Forman, Cecilia Rossey and Kate Sidwell. The collaboration of these four talented emerging and mid-career artists is grounded in a fine appreciation of color, rhythm, texture and light within an abstract framework of exceptional lyricism. Intelligent, sensual and rhapsodic - view this delightful offering by four of Cape Cod's best and brightest in the field of fine contemporary art.
 
708 Route 134, South Dennis. Info: 508-385-6932 / www.millerwhitefinearts.com
 

Highfield Hall & Gardens Announces New Exhibitions
 
A House for All Seasons, now - May 15, with an Opening Reception on April 6, 1:30 pm: This unique exhibition of new works created by members of the Falmouth Artist's Guild, highlights the historic houses in downtown Falmouth. Members of the Guild have been assigned a specific house and have been invited to create an artwork in any media that evokes the house or its site. This exhibition also highlights collaboration between the Falmouth Museums on the Green and the Falmouth High School Art Department called, If These Houses Could Talk. A family scavenger hunt will accompany the exhibition.
 
Ambient Light: Highfield Interiors by Doug Rugh, now - May 15, with an Opening Reception on April 6, 1:30 pm: Doug Rugh has painted on site at Highfield Hall, and chose the interior of the Hall as a painting subject because of his appreciation for the design and craftsmanship of the building. A highly accomplished painter, he was awarded the distinction, Copley Master, in 2006 by the Copley Society as a result of juried works and multiple major awards.
 
Fragment House: Outdoor Artwork by Danielle Krcmar, now - September 7 with an Artists Reception on April 6, 1:30 pm: Danielle Krcmar's extraordinary sculpture, Fragment House, is the first interactive, environmental artwork that has graced the lawns of Highfield Hall & Gardens. It calls attention to Beebe Woods as the backdrop for Highfield Hall and the domestic components of Highfield's architecture and history. As poetry is a crucial component of the work, a poetry zine will be produced to accompany the exhibition.
 
Domestic Interiority: An Art Installation by Candace Smith Corby, now - May 15 with an Artists Reception on April 6, 1:30 pm: Candice Smith Corby's art installation compositions combine her love for illusion, patter, and a whimsy she attributed partly to her young children's imaginative play. At the same time, the precarious balance of furniture speaks tot he trappings of domestic obligations and the desire to control them. 
 
These exhibitions are sponsored by Atria Woodbriar. 

 

56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth. Info: www.highfieldhall.org 

 


Sandwich Glass Museum McDermott Glass Studio
 
Sandwich Glass Museum presents works by acclaimed McDermott Glass Studio, now - October 21.
 
There will be exquisite pieces of glass art made by David McDermott and his talented wide, Yukimi Matsumoto, and fellow artists Isabel Green and Bryan Randa. They work together with precision, timing and passion. Come and discover the artistry of four special artists, four unique styles and endless possibilities. 

129 Main Street, Sandwich. Info: 508-888-0251 / www.sandwichglassmuseum.org 


More Visual Arts 
  • Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents a Naturescape Gallery from April 18 - May 31 with a Meet & Green the artist on April 21, 1 - 3 pm. For this exhibition John Small puts his considerable talents and love of Cape Cod's birdlife on to the canvas as well as creating an outdoor interactive vitrine "sculpture" fro the birding public to participate in. 869 Main Street, Brewster. Info: 508-896-3867 / www.ccmnh.org 
  • Falmouth Hospital Auxiliary Art Department presents Peaceful Impressions an art exhibit by the members of Cape Cod Waterworks on display in the Thomas E. Hanley Art Gallery, now - May 2. 100 Ter Heun Drive, Falmouth. For more info contact, Muriel Locklin: 508-495-0870.  
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Calliope Poetry Craft Workshop at West Falmouth Library
    
West Falmouth Library is hosting a Calliope Poetry Reading on April 6, 3 - 5 pm.
 
Celebrate National Poetry Month with three featured poets: John Bonanni (founding editor of the Cape Cod Poetry Review), Charlie Bondhus (winner of the 2013 Main Street Rag Poetry book Award), and Chris Hosea (winner of the 2013 Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets). Open mic sign up will follow the reading, at 2:35 pm. There will also be a book signing and refreshments.
 
575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth. For more info, contact Alice Kociemba: 508-566-1090 / www.calliopepoetryseries.com 


Sturgis Library Upcoming Literary Events
    
The Lafayette Escadrille, April 8, 6:30 pm: Join Mark Wilkins as he explores and chronicles the rich history of the first American flyers to join the fight during the Great War. Within the French air force, they would ultimately form their own squadron-the Lafayette Escadrille.

Under the Wren Song, April 29, 6: 30 pm: Celebrate National Poetry Month with an exploration of the traditional Japanese poetry from, the haiku. Barnstable resident, DeWayne Stallings, recently wrote, illustrated and self-publishes his book of haiku, Under the Wren Song. He will talk about the history and culture of the form and read samples from notable masters as well as from his own book. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

3090 Main Street, Barnstable. Info: 508-362-6636 / www.sturgislibrary.org 


Snow Library Announces Upcoming Lectures
   
British Masters: An Introduction to British Painting Over Three Centuries, now - April 11, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm: Tracey Anderson, lecturer at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum and a great favorite of the Lifetime Learning Program, will focus her attention on J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), a British romantic landscape painter, watercolorist and printmaker. Renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is also one of the greatest masters of watercolors and is considered Romanticism's preface to Impressionism.

Struggle for Civil Rights: A Southern Creole Family, now - April 16, 1 - 2:30 pm: A.P. Tureaud, Jr. will discuss the riveting and important career of his father and his impact on the civil rights movement. Mr. Tureaud, Sr., was attorney for the New Orleans chapter of the NAACP and filed and lawsuit that successfully ended the Jim Crow system in that city, paving the way for the integration of 2 elementary schools in the Deep South. Mr. Tureaud will also explain the history, culture and achievements of his Creole family.
 
Birding on Cape Cod, now - April 29, 1 - 2:30 pm: Philip Kyle, naturalist, teacher and Past President of the Cape Cod Birding Club, will begin his five-session course, giving students a wide range of information on everyone's favorite subject. In his first session, Mr. Kyle will go over birding equipment, resources, the 380 birds on Cape Cod, their habitats, and a colorful slide discussion of our common birds. Related Event: Bird Walk on April 29.

67 Main Street, Orleans. Info: www.friendsofsnowlibrary.org 


Wellfleet Library Annual Poetry & Music Celebration
     
Wellfleet Library presents Barry Hellman's Annual Poetry & Music Celebration of National Poetry Month, April 19, 1:30 - 4 pm.

Featuring poets John Skoyles and Judith Partelow, and musicians Chris Morris on the piano, and Two Cool: Eileen Fendler, and Steve Gregory. 
 
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Wellfleet Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

55 West Main Street, Wellfleet. Info: https://sites.google.com/site/barryhellmanspoetrywebsite  


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Cape Cod Museum of Art Hosts West Bend Music Spring Recitals
Photo by Monica Rizzio
 
Cape Cod Museum of Art will host the West Bend Music Spring Recitals on April 6 & 13 from 11 am - 2 pm.
 
West Bend Music will present is a roots-based music studio offering intruction in voice, music theory, songwriting and many instruments, including guitar, piano, violin, mandolin, ukulele, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet and harmonica. The recital programs will feature classical compositions, pop, country, jazz and traditional Irish and Scottish music.
 
This event is sponsored in part by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.
 
60 Hope Lane, Dennis. For more info, contact Michael Giaquinto: 508-385-4477 / www.ccmoa.org 
 

National Marine Life Center Presents A Seal Tides Educational Mystery Play
 
National Marine Life Center presents Seal Tides from April 23 - 27.

Animal care tech Corinne teaches what to do if you find a stranded sea animal. Unfortunately, Jamie and Ruth keep hijacking her presentation... This is an educational, interactive comic mystery that is fun for the whole family!

120 Main Street, Buzzards Bay. Info & tickets: 508-743-9888 / www.nmlc.org 


Cape Cod Children's Museum Announces LEGO Home-Building Contest
 
Cape Cod Children's Museum announces their involvement in an upcoming collaborative event titled the 1st Annual Children's LEGO Home-Building Competition held at Cape Cod Community College on April 27, 1 - 5 pm with a pre-registration deadline on April 20.

The collaborating organizations include the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Cape Cod, The Cape Cod Children's Museum and Cape Cod Community College. The LEGO Home Building Contest has something for the whole family, especially for children ages 5 through 12. It is a great opportunity for young people to have some fun, build a LEGO home, win fantastic prizes, enjoy a Hard-Hat Family Comedy Show and learn at the same time! The Real McCoy's Hard-Hat Family Comedy Show features Brent McCoy who looks like he just walked off a construction site. It's Cirque du Soleil meets Home Depot. The public is encouraged to attend!

Pre-registration deadline is on April 20, and there are only 30 spots available. There is a registration fee per builder and includes one adult; and admission for builder & adult to The Real McCoy's Hard-Hat Family Comedy Show. Forms are available by contacting the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Cape Cod at 774-470-2943 / chris@capecodbuilders.org

577 Great Neck Road South, Mashpee. Info: www.capecodchildrensmuseum.org 


The Plain Talk Initiative Presented by the Cultural Center of Cape Cod
    
The Plain Talk Initiative aims to improve the lives of young Cape Codders by increasing access to events, programs, and mentoring opportunities designated to help divert them from dangerous behaviors. 

Please Click Here to support Plain Talk's mission by answering the questions in this brief survey.

Thanks to a grant from the Cape Cod Five Charitable Foundation Trust, and the quARTet, the Cultural Center of Cape Cod has been able to appoint two young women to help Plain Talk. They are Program Manager Siobhan Henshaw & Director of Mentorship Zoe Wolf.

There tasks involve:
  • Partnering with other organizations Cape-wide to create the "X" Project: a series of safe, substance-free, but very cool events and programs, primarily for kids in grades 6 - 9.
  • Establishing a comprehensive Cape Cod Youth Mentoring Network that links services already available and fills gaps as needed. A resource for youth up to age 21.
  • Using social media and other tools to help young people gain access to all of the resources available to them.
To get involved & for more info, please contact Zoe Wolf: zoemaewolf@gmail.com 

 


Child & Family Services Cape Cod Announces Art Project Hope
    
Child & Family Services Cape Cod announces Art Project Hope, a new program that consists of high school art students throughout Cape Cod adopting a 5' x 3' canvas and creating their collective vision of hope to bring awareness of the impact of mental health issues here on Cape.

It has been said that it takes a village and the Child & Family Services Cape Cod ascribe to that notion. Their goal in pursuit of this program was to bring the Cape communities together in a creative way in order to support those navigating their mental health journey. The program is happy to announce that they will be collaborating with nine high schools: Nauset, Dennis-Yarmouth, Barnstable, Pope John Paul II, Sandwich, Southeast Alternative, Mashpee and Falmouth. Child & Family Services Cape Cod will be hosting an Art Reception on May 5 to display their work and in doing so will create a Hallway of Hope.

1019 Iyannough Road, Hyannis. For more info, please contact Kristen Davies: 508-778-1838.

 


More Children, Youth & Family Events 
  • Harwich Junior Theatre announces April Vacation Week Workshops with two sections, Grades 1-3 & Grades 4-6 taught by Jim Byrne and Emily Murray from April 21 - 25, 9 am - 1 pm. This April HJT is going to shake things up with Shakespeare Week. Get to know yourself through the eyes of the greatest playwright of all time. Discover fun of iambic pentameter by learning a Shakespeare sonnet. Through theater games, movement, and scene work you will shake things up and have fun. Sign up online at: http://www.hjtcapecod.org/classes/winterspring-classes/ or call Tammy: 508-432-2002 ext. 17
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Spirit of America Winter Percussion Performance at Nauset Regional High School
    
Photo by Hans Olsen
 
Nauset Regional High School hosts the Spirit of America Winter Percussion Ensemble, Hero: The Dragons and Tigers Within in the gymnasium on April 5, starting at 7 pm.

Spirit of American Winter Percussion Ensemble presents their new indoor show of music in motion. After this free performance, the Spirit will hold their annual Dessert Auction, sponsored by the parents of these young musicians. All proceeds will benefit Sprit's trip to Dayton, Ohio, for the Winter Guard International Percussion World Championships.

For more information, please visit: www.spiritofamericaband.org 


New Orleans to Orleans 2014 Festival
    
The New Orleans to Orleans 2014 Festival presented by the Nauset Regional Middle School, the Orleans Chamber of Commerce, the Orleans Cultural Council & the Orleans Community Partnership, includes a series of events from April 5 - 12

Before the Festival Events - April 5
Two Daughters 1789 written and composed by Wendy Kesselman will host a play reading & talk back at Snow Library in Orleans, 2 pm
Jazz Piano & Creole Dining at The Beacon Room in Orleans, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
 
April 10 - NRMS, 70 Route 28, Orleans * Free, but tickets are required
Films of New Orleans and Ken Burns' Jazz: Gumbo, 5 pm
The Big Easy, 7 pm
NRMS, 70 Route 28, Orleans * Free, but tickets are required

April 11 - Mahoney's Atlantic Grill - Main Street, Orleans at 7 pm
Reception for Evan Christopher
Live Jazz, Creole Menu
Mahoney's Atlantic Grill - Main Street, Orleans

April 12 - NRMS, 70 Route 28, Orleans
Evan Christopher Public Master Class, 3 pm



CCSO Announces Upcoming Classics Concert, Letting Go
    
Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra announces their upcoming Classics concert, Letting Go at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center from April 5 - 6.
 
Sometimes the only way to catch your breath is to lose it completely. This music tugs at hearts and grabs souls. Nick Kendall plays by some rules and breaks others. He and composer/musician Chris Brubeck turned a three-day jam sessions into a raging violin concerto. Spontaneous Combustion is a fusion of classical, jazz, country and funk. Conducted by Jung-Ho Pal, the performance will feature Nicolas Kendall on Violin.

744 West Main Street, Hyannis. Info & tickets: 508-362-1111 / www.capesymphony.org 


Popular Open Mic Coffeehouse at The Mews Restaurant and Cafe
 
The Mews Restaurant and Cafe continues its 23rd successful year presenting Open Mic Coffeehouse on April 7, 8 - 10:30 pm.
 
This week features singer/songwriter Jan Luby. Coffeehouse at the Mews streams live Monday nights at mews.com, and supports live entertainment, community radio and community theater.
 
429 Commercial Street, Provincetown. Info: 508-487-1500 / mews.com
 

Chatham Chorale Chamber Singers Present From Darkness to Light
    
Chatham Chorale Chamber Singers present From Darkness to Light at the First Congregational Church of Yarmouth on April 12, 7 - 9 pm & April 13, 3 - 5 pm.

This concert, offered on the weekend of Palm Sunday, explores the themes of darkness and light in both sacred and secular musical settings. Selections mark the journey from death to resurrection in Holy Week, or celebrate the joy of the winter's gloom giving way to light and new life in spring. Audience will hear works by Bach, William Byrd, Franz Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, and more. Directed by Joseph Marchio, the Chamber Singers will be accompanied by pianist Donald Enos and the young Chatham organist Julian Petrallia.

329 Main Street, Yarmouth Port. For more info, contact Diana Landau: 888-526-2707 / www.chathamchorale.org/events 


Music at the Orleans Historical Society Meetinghouse Museum
     
Orleans Historical Society Meetinghouse Museum hosts Music at the Museum featuring Pianist Kenneth Fearn on April 13, 4 - 6 pm.

Kenneth Fearn will offer a program of works by Franz Lizt and Franz Schubert, including Schubert's Sonata in B-flat, and his final work in that genre.

Main Street and River Road, Orleans. Info: 508-240-1329 / www.orleanshistoricalsocietry.org


Music at Highfield Hall & Gardens
     
Chopin and His Friends: A Recital by Robert WyattApril 13, 4 pm: As a blossoming pianist and composer, Chopin was cast into a revolutionary era that helped to transform his nationalistic and artistic instincts into some of the most elegant piano music ever written.
 
The Brilliance of Porgy and Bess, April 26, 10 am - 12 pm: Porgy and Bess opened in New York City on October 10, 1935, running only 124 performances before the production ended in financial ruin. The music and lyrics however, have survives the seventy-eight years of controversy, assuming a stature unsurpassed in the American operatic repertoire.

56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth. Info: 508-495-1878 / www.highfieldhall.org 


CCSO Multimedia Lecture Series at Snow Library
    
Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra presents a multimedia lecture series at Snow Library from now - April 24, 3:30 - 4:30 pm.

Conductor Jung-Ho Pak, Education Director George Scharr, and violinist Nicolas Kendall will host a multimedia lecture on transcending music's mathematical roots. Jung-Ho Pak will talk with Nicholas Kendall, creator of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra. This multimedia session will also discuss the role of the chorus and the language of the libretto in Verdi's Requiem.

67 Main Street, Orleans. Info: www.friendsofsnowlibrary.org 


 More Musical Performances
  • The Bart Weisman Group announces their upcoming performances: A Night in Brazil at Grand Cru in Hyannis on April 4, 8 - 11 pm; Smooth Jazz at Grand Cru, Hyannis on April 5, 8 - 11 pm; A Night in Brazil at The Island Merchant, Hyannis on April 6, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. For a full list of Bart Weisman Music, please visit: www.bartweisman.com 
  • Harvest Gallery Wine Bar announces their Upcoming Musical Acts from 7:30 - 10:30 pm: Open Mike with Kathleen Healy - folk singer - April 2; Toast & Jam - folk, bluegrass - April 3; Chandler Travis 3-0 - eclectic, jazz, rock & pop - April 4; ClaudiaNygaard & Bruce MacLean - country - April 6. 776 Main Street, Route 6A, Dennis Village. Info: 508-385-2444 / harvestgallerywinebar.com/ 
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Theater Performances at Cotuit Center for the Arts
    
The Center of Gravity, April 3 - 20: This 2011 play by local playwright and poet Gregory Hischak, is a historical fantasy that reimagines the lives of the two Wright brothers and their quest to build a heavier-than-air flying machine. Directed by Ian Ryan featuring Andy Kollins, Jason Mellin, Diane Quaid, and Rachel Solomon. Click here to watch the promo video.

 

Noises Off, a collaboration between Cotuit Center for the Arts and Cape Cod Community College's Theatre Department opens at the Tilden Arts Center on April 3 - 19: Noises Off by Michael Frayn is Directed by Michele Colley, bringing together community actors, students, artists, educators, stage crew, and local theater professionals in the first collaboration of its kind. To read more about this exciting collaboration, Click Here
 
If Noting Changes, in the Black Box Theater, April 10 - 27: This play examines the lives of seven people struggling additions and working toward recovery. The characters tell their own stories in the form of conversations with other unseen characters (the audience), until what Martin calls "the shattering" takes place and they decided, or are forced, to seek help.

 

4404 Falmouth Road, Cotuit. Info & tickets: 508-428-0669 / www.cotuitcenterforthearts.org


Independent Documentary Series: The Rule at Wellfleet Preservation Hall
 
Wellfleet Preservation Hall presents an Independent Documentary Series: The Rule on April 5, 7:30 - 9:30 pm.

The Rule tells the compelling story of how and why the Benedictine monks of New Jersey's Newark Abbey and their school, St. Benedict's Prep, are able to achieve amazing success with America's most vulnerable population: inner city African American and Latino teenage males. Directors Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno, will be present for a post-screening discussion about the film!

335 Main Street, Wellfleet. For more info & tickets, contact Vanessa Downing: 508-349-1800 / www.wellfleetpreservationhall.org 


The Chatham Drama Guild Presents The Sound of Music
  
The Chatham Drama Guild presents the ever popular Rodgers and Hammerstein family musical, The Sound of Music from April 11 - 26.

Directed by Pam Banas with musical direction by Chris Morris, the show will run weekends (April 11 - 19)and over School Vacation Week (April 23 - 25).

Crowell Road, Chatham. Info & tickets: 508-945-0510 / www.cdgonline.org 


Harwich Junior Theatre Announces First Annual Variety Show
 
Harwich Junior Theatre presents its very First Annual Variety Show that will benefit the HJT Scholarship Fund on April 12, 6:30 - 10 pm.

Great performances will include live music, dance, poetry, theatrical performance plus special raffle prizes and refreshments. Sponsors include: WOMR, Beanstock Coffee, Seamus Healy, Newbury Street South Salon & Spa and more.

For more info & tickets: 508-432-2002 / www.hjtcapecod.org 


Film Events at Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
  
Beneath the Waves Film Festival, April 12, 6:30 - 9 pm: This event will screen a variety of short environmental films with a focus on sharks, whales, and oysters. After the films there will be a Q&A period with a panel of experts allowing the audience to learn about the important work that is being down right in our own community.

Nature Screen Film Series, April 27, 1 - 2:30 pm: Join Gretchen Moran Towers for a special Nature Screen presentation of the PBS Nature documentary film, "A Murder of Crows." Although cultures around the world may regard the crow as a scavenger, bad omen, or simply a nuisance, this bad reputation might overshadow what could be regarded as the crow's most striking characteristic - its intelligence. New research indicates that crows are among the brightest animals in the world.

869 Main Street, Brewster. For more info, contact Teresa Izzo: 508-896-3867, ext. 133 / www.ccmnh.org 


More Theater, Dance & Film
  • Snow Library continues their Irish Film Festival from now - April 11 starting at 4:30 pm. Mary Ann Eaton returns this semester with four more special Irish films to watch and discuss. The course kicks off with an old favorite, The Quiet Man(1952), with John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Barry Fitzgerald. This comedy revolves around the clash between Irish and Irish-American cultures. 67 Main Street, Orleans. Info: www.friendsofsnowlibrary.org   
  • Elements Theatre Company presents a weekend of performances, lectures, and celebrations honoring Shakespeare's 450th birthday at the Paraclete House on April 25 - 26. 11 Bay View Drive, Orleans. Info & tickets: 508-240-2400 / www.elementstheatre.org   
Auditions

Academy Playhouse Summer Season Auditions

 

Academy Playhouse announces Auditions for Summer Season shows Cabaret & Les Miserables on April 22 & 23, 7 pm.
 
Cabaret will run June 19 - July 19 & Les Miserables will run July 23 - August 23. Please bring sheet music for a vocal solo and prepare a one minute monologue.
 
120 Main Street, Orleans. For more info, please call: 508-255-3075.
 
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PAAM Announces Ongoing & 2 Session Workshops
  
Mondays - Drawing from Observation II with Kathryn Smith, April 7 - May 12, 9:30 am - 12:20 pm: You will continue to explore object and their relationship to each other and their surroundings, adding more techniques to your repertoire, culminating, by the course's end, with long studies incorporating techniques learned throughout the sessions.

Fearless Figure Drawing with Michael Prodanou, April 26, 10 am - 4 pm & April 27, 10 am - 2 pm: This 2 session workshop is an exercise in pushing your own boundaries and expressing yourself with bold dynamic drawings. You will expand your vision, loosen up you techniques, and create fresh work that may surprise you.

460 Commercial Street, Provincetown. For more info & to register, visit: www.paam.org 
  

Guyer Art Barn Announces Upcoming Programs, Workshops & Classes

Historic Guyer Barn, located in the Hyarts Hyannis Cultural District in downtown Hyannis, welcomes a variety of performing arts events and youth-focued cultural programming this year. For more information, visit:

Pastel Workshop with artist Sue Carey on April 11 & 12, 9:30 am - 3 pm: sign up with Gallery Artrio, 
 
250 South Street, Hyannis. For more info, contact Melissa Hersh: 508-862-4767 / www.HyArtsDistrict.com 


Cape Cod Art Association Announces Upcoming Workshops
 
Upcoming Photography Center of Cape Cod Workshop Schedule

Understanding Exposure, Learning to See Creatively and the Art of Flash on April 12, 9 am - 5 pm: Learn the secrets of proper exposure, the art of seeing and the use of flash in this one-day seminar with noted photographer and author Bryan Peterson at the Hyannis Resort and Conference Center. Lunch is included for this one-day workshop.

Outdoor Photoshoot with Bryan Peterson on April 13: Emphasis in this one-day field trip will be mainly 'seeing,' including lens choice, exposure and composition. Topics covered will include macro, telephoto, wide angle and basic flash for both indoors and outdoors. 10 person maximum. Time will be dependent on the weather.
 
3480 Route 6A, Barnstable. Info & registration: 508-362-2909 / www.CapeCodArtAssoc.org
  

Cultural Center of Cape Cod Announces Upcoming Classes

Tuesdays - Fundamentals of Drawing with Craig Caldwell, April 8, 10 am - 12:30 pm (All Levels): This class is designed for the beginning drawer who appreciates art and has always wanted to learn to draw, as well as those looking for a refresher course. Instruction will cover the fundamentals of free-hand drawing: line, perspective, composition, understanding light and form, creating illusions of depth, contrast and texture. A list of supplies will be provided.

Wednesdays - Color and Composition with Suzanne M. Packer, April 9, 16, & 23 (All Levels): Create paintings that have visual movement, and have the viewer's eye move across and around the canvas. Learn to develop a composition that works within the plane of the canvas. Learn to use color harmonies, color temperatures, textures and composition to create visual interest.
 
Creations Using Black Outline with Jean Tucker, April 5, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm: Using a limited color palette, with bold black line and strong flat colors, we can create stunning works. Using acrylic paints, our images can replicate art deco or retro art works. Please bring your own references. 

A Springtime Color Bonanza with Kathleen Sullivan, April 6, 2 - 4 pm: Kathleen, a fashion advisor with over twenty years of experience will teach the latest trends in scarf tying, the best jewelry for you and the most beautiful colors to wear everyday. The workshop is informative, inspiring as well as interactive. If you want to know how to wear one of your favorite scarves, feel free to bring it along.

307 Main Street, South Yarmouth. For more info & to register: 508-394-7100 / www.cultural-center.org
 

Truro Center for the Arts Painting Workshop on the Amalfi Coast

Truro Center for the Arts is holding a 10 day workshop on the southern Amalfi Coast in Ravello Italy with artist Bill Papaleo from April 22 - May 2.

Students will stay and paint along the beautiful Italian coastline and around the famous villas and gardens of Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone. There will be excursions to a handmade paper factory in the town of Amalfi, with day trips to the Greek temples of Paestum for painting and sightseeing, including a tour of a mozzarella factory and wine tasting. Open to students of all painting skill levels who work in watercolor, oil or pastels.

Trip includes:
  • painting instruction
  • lodging
  • welcome dinner
  • cooking class
  • wine tasting and sightseeing excursions
  • van and taxis for painting trips and excursions

All other meals transportation fees, including airfare, must be purchased seporately.


For more information: www.castlehill.org / 508-349-7511


Wellfleet Preservation Hall Announces Open University of Wellfleet
 
Open University Wellfleet is a forum for learning more about Wellfleet and the Outer Cape's cultural history to be held at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Wellfleet Library and W.H.A.T. from now - May 8 at 2 pm.

These courses are envisioned as directed discussions, otherwise known as collaborative learning. The spring 2014 classes will be held once a week for two hours at various scheduled locations.

Course descriptions including dates, time and location are available at: www.wellfleetpreservationhall.org. For more info, contact Vanessa Downing: 508-349-1800.
  

More Classes & Workshops
Please check out our Family Section for additional Classes and Workshops for Children
  • Wellfleet Library presents a Writing Poems with Barry Hellman Workshop, April 26, 2 - 5 pm. This Spring Seminar Poetry Workshop led by poet and psychologist Barry Hellman. Review and reading of sample poems that have a strong emotional core, discussion of how they're constructed and what makes them effective, and an interactive exercise to support writing a similar kind of poem. Option to talk with the group about your poem, in terms of both content and craft. 55 West main Street, Wellfleet. Info: https://sites.google.com/site/barryhellmanspoetrywebsite 
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12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction Drop-Off at PAAM

Photo by Annie Longley
The 12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction at Provincetown Art Association and Museum gives PAAM Members the opportunity to both display and sell their work on April 25, 6 - 8 pm with a drop-off date on April 15, 12 - 4 pm.
 
Entries must by 12 inches in every direction and drop on the drop-off day. Artists must be a member of PAAM to submit work. Join in the over 300 artists that submit work to the most exciting annual display of talent on Cape Cod.
 
460 Commercial Street, Provincetown. For more info, contact Lesley Marchessault: 508-487-1750 / www.paam.org 


Falmouth Chorale Offers Scholarship for Upper Cape Music Students
 
The Falmouth Chorale is seeking applicants for a $1,000 scholarship, the Frederick Johnson Music Award, which is offered to a qualified high school graduate from the towns of Falmouth, Bourne, Sandwich or Mashpee who is pursuing a music degree from a licensed, degree-granting institution with a hard application deadline on April 16.
 
This award has the dual purpose of supporting Upper Cape music students and honoring Frederick Johnson who directed the Falmouth Chorale for seventeen years. Applicants and information about the scholarship are available from guidance offices at the following schools: Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee, and Sandwich High Schools, Falmouth Academy and Sturgis Charter School.
 
Applications are also available at: http://www.falmouthchorale.org/scholarships.asp, or by contacting Joan David, Scholarship Chariperson: 508-759-2104.


Registration Open for Cape Cod Mini Maker Faire!
 
Cape Cod Makers announces Open Registration for the very first Cape Cod Mini Maker Faire taking place at the Cape Cod Community College on April 26, 10 am - 4 pm.

 

The Cape Cod Mini Maker Faire is offering the following options for makers:

  • Maker Booth or Exhibit - an exhibit space to display your project(s)
  • Commercial Maker Booth - primarily a sales booth
  • Workshop or Presentation - a scheduled workshop or presentation
  • Exhibiting Sponsor - companies or commercial entities
Exhibits that are interactive & highlight the process of "making things" are encouraged, such as: Interactive Art Projects, Jewelry, Textile Arts, Metalworking, Musical Instruments, Glass Blowing, Woodworking, Puppets, Kites, and Whimsical Creations, Sculpture, Kinetic Sculpture, Recycled Art/Craft.
 
For more information, please visit the following link: capecodmakerfaire.com/  & to register, Click Here!


Cultural Center Announces Heavenly Bodies Call For Submissions
 
The Cultural Center for Cape Cod announces a call for submissions for the juried exhibition, Heavenly Bodies: The Human Form, Transformed, with a drop-off date on November 18, 9 am - 5 pm.
 
All work in the exhibit will depict the human form, transformed in some interesting and creative way. A dozen artists have been invited to transform mannequin torsos into art. The results will populate the Great Hall for the duration of the exhibit, November 19 - December 7
 
Submissions of work that communicates ideas, stories, relationships, metaphors, and epiphanies are strongly encouraged. Although digital work will be considered, you are discouraged from using form without function. The transformation should be metaphoric or layered in some way. 
 
Complete guidelines are available at: www.cultural-center.org. For more information, contact Robert M. Nash: bnash@cultural-center.org or Lauren Wolk: lwolk@cultural-center.org / 508-394-7100.


More Applications, Grants, Spaces & Work
  • The Hyannis Main Street Business Improvement District (BID) is seeking artists to participate in the 2nd Annual Spring on Main Festival that will take place on May 3, noon - 4 pm. Calling musicians, roving entertainers and visual artists who will work along the street; both chalk art and plein air painting. Student, emerging and established artists/musicians/entertainers are welcome to Main Street, Hyannis to showcase their talents. Water, snacks and chalk/supplies will be provided to all artists. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Spilsbury: 508-775-7982 / elizabethspilsbury@hyannismainstreet.com
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Highfield Hall & Gardens Opening Events
 
Welcome Back Open House, April 6, 11:30 am: Stop by Highfield Hall for a day full of fun activities for the whole family. Enjoy family fun from 11:30 am - 1 pm, with a Highfield architecture scavenger hunt and craft activities with our summer program teachers. At 12:30 pm there is an adult Estate Walk and Talk. Then, from 1 - 3 pm there is a reception for spring exhibition artists. At 2 pm poets will read from Highfield's new poetry zine, and A House for All Seasons. Finally, Robert Wyatt will play his favorite songs of spring at 3 pm. 
 
Sunday Estate Walk & History of the Beebe Property, April 6, 12:30 pm: Estate Walks are scheduled weather permitting. Reservations are appreciated for large groups. Docents will tell the story of the Beebe family who built both Highfield Hall and its sister mansion Tanglewood on their magnificent 700 acre estate. Learn about the role the Beebe family played in the history of the town of Falmouth, and how their land later became Beebe Woods, Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth Academy and so much more.
 
These events are free and open to the public. This program is sponsored by Atria Woodbriar. For more information: 508-495-1878 / www.highfieldhall.org 

 


FREE Large Frames At The Bartholomew Gallery

The Bartholomew Gallery announces the availability of 5 FREE Large Frames that are all in very good condition and once belonged to a well known Southwestern artist.

 

The Bartholomew Gallery would love to see these frames go to an artist rather than just disposing of them, so be sure to contact them if you are interested! The frames are in the following various sizes:

29 x 24 - gold leaf

38 x 47 - with interior frame

29 x 53 - with white interior

42 x 42 - all white enamel

48 x 53 - natural with gold leaf

 

For more info, contact Marilyn: 508-237-2605 or at the Bartholomew Gallery on Thursday/Friday: 508-945-3111. To learn more about The Bartholomew Gallery please visit: www.chathamartandjewlery.com

 

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Submission deadline is Wednesdays, noon.

August 10, 2014  ~  Conductor Keith Lockhart & Guest Conductor Charlie Rose

August 23, 2014  ~  Artistic Director & Conductor Jung-Ho Pak